Ø TODAY’s “Geez”:
· 1937 - World's largest flower blooms in NY Botanical Garden, 12' calla lily
· 1978 - 51st National Spelling Bee: Peg McCarthy wins spelling deification
Ø Free Rambling Thoughts…
I got my cars regular maintenance today. They said two hours so I walked over to the nearby mall. I came back after about 90 minutes. It took from 9:30-1:00 which is ‘slightly’ more than the 2 hours promised. I didn’t have a lot to do this morning, so I wasn’t freakin’, but I did let them know that had I known it was 3-1/2 hours I would have used their shuttle service and gone home. The guy apologized but didn’t even have an excuse. Like all dealerships, they always have the upper hand.
More southern AZ evacuations, bigger fire, one still at zero containment. We in Northern AZ are counting our blessings at this time.
After learning that 247 people on the Terrorist Watch List were able to legally buy guns and pass the required back ground check, a bill was introduced that would require anyone on the Terrorist Watch List could not legally buy a gun. It was defeated by the Republican majority in the House. Then today an American Al Qaeda spokesperson put out a brand new two hour video on what the terrorists are doing. Blah, Blah, Blah..and to the members in the US, you can buy guns at your local gun show with no background check so what are you waiting for?, blah blah, blah. We are living in very crazy times when we allow this to happen.
Ø Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
1. On which ship did President Nixon welcome the astronauts back from the Moon?
2. Which scientist located Pluto?
3. In what year was Hale Bopp first seen?
4. Which three astronauts died during a launch pad rehearsal in 1967
5. What is Neil Armstrong's middle name?
6. What was the name of the Japanese Moon orbiter launched in 1990?
7. Which cosmonaut returned to Earth in 1996 after spending a record-breaking 438 days in space?
8. Who was the second Soviet cosmonaut?
9. What was the nationality of the journalist who accompanied a docking mission to MIR in 1990?
10. How long did Sergei Krikalyev spend on Mir in the early 90s?
11. What was the role of Rocco Petrone in the Apollo XI project?
12. Who was the first woman to captain a space shuttle crew?
13. How many orbits of the Moon were there on the first manned orbit?
Ø Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
Ø Hmmmmm…
· Portion of single or widowed Americans over 65 who receive all their income from Social Security: ¼
Ø Somewhat Useless Information…
· In the Pacific Islands, natives pickle their foods in holes in the ground lined with banana leaves, and use them as food reserves in case of storms. The pickles are so valuable that they've become part of the courting process, helping a man prove he'll be able to provide for a woman.
· Napoleon was also a big fan of pickle power. In fact, he put up the equivalent of $250,000 as a prize to whoever could figure out the best way to pickle and preserve foods for his troops.
· During the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, H. J. Heinz used pickle-shaped pins to lure customers to his out of the way booth. By the end of the fair, he'd given out lots of free food, and over 1,000,000 pickle pins.
Ø Yeah, It Really Happened…
COLUMBIA, Mo. — A public health official in central Missouri has asked an ice cream shop to cool it with the cicada ice cream, even though customers apparently can't get enough of it.
Sparky's Homemade Ice Cream in Columbia, Mo., sold out of its only batch of the insect-filled dessert within hours of its June 1 debut.
The Columbia Missourian says employees collected the cicadas in their backyards and removed most of the dead bugs' wings. They then boiled the bugs and covered them in brown sugar and milk chocolate. The base ice cream is brown sugar and butter flavor.
Gerry Worley, an environmental health chief with the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health, says the agency's food code "doesn't directly address cicadas" and that he has advised against their use as an ingredient.
Ø Guffaw…or at least smile…
Teacher: Why do we sometimes call the Middle Ages the Dark Ages?
Peter: Because they had so many knights.
Ø Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
The Comedy of Stiller and Meara
Ø Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
4-11
· International Clothesline Week
· National Headache Awareness Week
· National Sun Safety Week
· National Tire Safety Week
· (World) Dystonia Awareness Week
6-12
· National Automotive Service Professionals Week
· National Business Etiquette Week
· World Menopause Week
Ø TODAY IS
Name Your Poison Day
Upsy Daisy Day
World Ocean Day
Ø Today’s Events:
… IN ARTS
1948 - "Milton Berle Show" premieres on NBC TV
1969 - "Smothers Brothers comedy Hour," last airs on CBS-TV
… IN ATHLETICS
1921 - Babe Ruth arrested for speeding, fined $100, & held in jail until 4 PM
1962 - Jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8)
1968 - Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning
… IN BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1786 - Commercially made ice cream 1st advertised (Mr Hall, NYC)
1829 - 1st UK municipal swimming pool outside of London, opens in Liverpool
1889 - Cable Cars begin service in LA
1896 - 1st car is stolen
1912 - Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures
… FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1871- When confronted at Fort Sill, in south-central Indian Territory, about knowing anything about the attack on the wagons loaded with corn on May 15th on the Butterfield trail, Satanta said he was the leader of the raid. Satanta tells the agent that Santak, Big Tree, and others were with him. General Sherman places the 3 Indians under arrest and handcuffed. While being transported back to Fort Richardson in north-central Texas, Satank manages to work free from his handcuffs. He then attacks a guard with a hidden knife. Satank grabs a rifle from another guard, but he is shot and killed by the remaining soldiers. His body will be thrown in a ditch, and the group will continue to Texas
… IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
452 - Italy invaded by Attila the Hun
1949 - Siam changes name to Thailand
1960 - Argentine government demands release of Adolf Eichmann
1986 - Alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected pres of Austria
… IN SCIENCE & RELIGION
1783 - Laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption
1869 - Ives W McGaffey of Chicago patents 1st vacuum cleaner
1940 - Discovery of element 93, neptunium, announced
1959 - X-15 makes 1st unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11,500 m
1988 - Nippon Airways announces that painting eyeballs on Jets cut bird collisions by 20%
… IN US POLITICS
1789 - James Madison introduces a proposed Bill of Rights in the U.S. House of Representatives
1861 - People of Tennessee vote to succeed from Union
1915 - William Jennings Bryan quits as Secretary of State
1953 - Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court
1995 - Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia
… ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS…
1849 - Juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor (Anspach Monument)
1946 - Elizabeth A Lynn, US, sci-fi author (Watchtower, Red Hawk) turns 65
…ATHLETES
1917 - Byron R Whizzer White, Univ of CO/NFLer/Supreme Court Just (1962-93)
1967 - Kathryn Marshall, Dundee Scotland, LPGA golfer turns 44
Don Robinson, American baseball player turns 54
Troy Vincent, NFL cornerback (Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles) turns 41
…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Kathy Baker actress turns 61
1918 - Robert Preston, actor (Music Man 76 Trombones , Music Man "Ya Got Trouble" Mame, Last Starfighter)
Joan Rivers, [Molinsky], comedienne (Late Show, Hollywood Sq) turns 78
Nancy Sinatra, singer ( Boots are Made for Walkin') turns 71
Boz Scaggs, [William Royce], rocker (Steve Miller Band) turns 67
Jerry Stiller actor comedian turns 82
David Sutcliffe Canadian actor turns 42
Kanye West rapper turns 34
… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
1867 - Frank Lloyd Wright, master builder (Guggenheim)
1896 - Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross)
…POLITICIANS
1925 - Barbara Pierce Bush, 1st lady (1989-93) turns 86
1943 - William Calley, American war criminal turns 68
…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
1759 - Thomas Dunham Whitaker, UK topographer
Ø Today’s Obits:
1874 - Cochise [K'uu-ch'ish "oak" ] Apache leader dies of cancer at 69
1695 - Christian Huygens, inventor/astronomer (ring of Saturn), dies at 66
1975 - William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78
632 - Mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition) of fever at 63
1982 - [Leroy] Satchel Paige, US baseball pitcher, dies at 75
1809 - Thomas Paine, writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72
1871 – Satank [Set-ankeah, Sitting Bear], Kiowa chief/medicine man, shot to death at 71
1969 - Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57
Ø ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1. On which ship did President Nixon welcome the astronauts back from the Moon?
Hornet
2. Which scientist located Pluto?
Clyde Tombaugh
3. In what year was Hale Bopp first seen?
1995
4. Which three astronauts died during a launch pad rehearsal in 1967
Gus Grissom, Ed White & Roger Chaffee
5. What is Neil Armstrong's middle name?
Alden
6. What was the name of the Japanese Moon orbiter launched in 1990?
Muses-A
7. Which cosmonaut returned to Earth in 1996 after spending a record-breaking 438 days in space?
Polyakov
8. Who was the second Soviet cosmonaut?
Titov
9. What was the nationality of the journalist who accompanied a docking mission to MIR in 1990?
Japanese
10. How long did Sergei Krikalyev spend on Mir in the early 90s?
Ten months
11. What was the role of Rocco Petrone in the Apollo XI project?
Launch director
12. Who was the first woman to captain a space shuttle crew?
Eileen Collins
13. How many orbits of the Moon were there on the first manned orbit?
10
Close Up Picture
Ø …AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW
